Two-stage DEA: Caveat emptor

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-218

  Simar, Léopold ^a   Wilson, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Bowling Green State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Technical efficiency; Two stage estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052344682     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-011-0230-6     Document Type: Article

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